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EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update)

7/29/2024 • 48 min

A new proposal from the Biden administration calls for a nationwide cap on rent increases. Economists think that’s a terrible idea. We revisit a 2019 episode to hear why.

612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)
611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next
610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?
609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?
Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)
608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?
607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?
606. How to Predict the Presidency
Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)
605. What Do People Do All Day?
EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)
604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)
603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)
EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)
602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

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